Frederic Faye

Frederic Faye (10 December 1778-14 June 1834) was a Colonel of the French Army during the Napoleonic Wars.

Biography
Frederic Faye was born in Bourges in France in 1778, and was drafted into the French Army in 1794. He served in a regiment of Fusiliers of Line in Italy, fighting under the command of General Jean Seruier. During the Napoleonic Wars, Emperor Napoleon hand-picked him as a colonel of a regiment of Old Guard grenadiers due to his tall height and loyalty to his regime, and he fought with bravery in the German campaigns. Faye led his regiment of Old Guard until the fall of France to the Coalition in 1814, having fought at the Battle of Chatillon-sur-Seine. Faye retired after the occupation of France and died in the Hotel des Invalides at the age of 56 in 1834.